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in the final analysis

Also, in the last analysis. When all things are considered. For example, In the final analysis we must find ways to improve our sales, or I can, in the last analysis, talk only about my own work. This expression was at first put as in the ultimate analysis. [Late 1700s]

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Nearby words

  1. in the eye,
  2. in the eye of,
  3. in the face,
  4. in the face of,
  5. in the family way,
  6. in the first place,
  7. in the flesh,
  8. in the flush of,
  9. in the fullness of time,
  10. in the groove
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